python-excel/xlrd — pull request #5 by takluyver (2012-04-10 22:36:53+00:00)
Title: Import version number from a .py file rather than reading a .txt file.

The `version.txt` approach broke xlrd for people using freezer tools to bundle it into applications. This PR uses an `info.py` file to store the version number instead.

From discussion on the mailing list, although this needs a bit of a hack in `setup.py`, it should work for everyone.